Ed Dickson says the Ravens didn’t see what they had in him

In 2010, with the clock ticking on the Todd Heap era, and a young quarterback about to go into his third-year, general manager Ozzie Newsome decided to double-dip on the tight end department on draft day. The former Hall of Famer at that position took Ed Dickson out of Oregon in the 3rd-round and Dennis Pitta out of BYU in the 4th-round of that draft. The Ravens felt they had their two tight ends of the future with Joe Flacco at the helm for years to come, and the Ravens released Heap after the 2010 season to begin the Dickson and Pitta tandem.

Unfortunately, one half of the tandem didn't pan out as planned. Dickson got off to a good start in 2011, and was the starting tight end ahead of…